Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE

(1/2) Dana VP of Neuroscience & Society Khara Ramos explains why the Foundation has launched an RFP for rapid response bridge funding for scholars, practitioners, and teams doing work in neuroscience and society and impacted by recent shifts in federal funding. #neurosociety #neuroscience #neurosky

Ohio State just advised all staff and students not to attend the SACNAS (Society for the advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science) annual meeting of 6000+ scientists -- which is in Columbus, OH this year! -- saying it may be exclusionary, even though it is open to all.

Free, open to the public webinar aimed at university science communicators, Sept 26: Meeting the moment: Communicating the importance of university research during challenging times www.nasw.org/events/sciwr...

6 STEM Scholars have been offered funding (20 hrs/wk) this summer from the ISU program. It is unclear if they will allowed to do paid summer research now.

My latest little news summary of cool research from UC Berkeley 👁️---🧠

My PhD student's NSF grant was terminated today. Her dissertation investigates why air pollution monitoring, metrics, and regulations don't properly capture the harms experienced by marginalized communities--esp in the most polluted Detroit neighborhoods. She and I are happy to talk with press etc.

Yapping today about two decades of @berkeleyscirev.bsky.social science journalism excellence. Consider donating! The BSR is written, edited, designed, and led by graduate student volunteers. We want to keep making Berkeley research accessible 4ever! berkeleysciencereview.com/donate-and-s...

I was asked what accomplishment I was most proud of recently 🥹 this. Learn more about the lived experience of #TGCT - from symptom onset, diagnosis, treatment, & thereafter. TGCT is a debilitating and impactful disease from the voice of patients. Read: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

If you had a U-RISE or MARC grant cancelled this week (I'm hearing the MARC programs, which are similar but at research intensive unis, were also cancelled), please be sure to update the information here: forms.gle/81iLikdBtmCP... 🧪 #AcademicSky

PLEASE SHARE: We're excited to be offering the NASW Summer Diversity Fellowship for the ninth year in a row. $3,000 in funding to supplement summer internship pay. Applications due Tuesday April 1: www.nasw.org/2025Div... 🧪📰

CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.

One of my favorite speeches from today. Thank you fdoperez.bsky.social

#standupforscience at UC Berkeley! Speakers pictured are Vincent Medina & Louis Trevino, leaders of the 'ottoy Initative.

How weakly tumor cells adhere to their environment may be a way to predict which #breastcancer patients are at higher risk of metastasis. A powerful example of impactful, interdisciplinary research at @ucsandiego.bsky.social, made possible by NIH funding. today.ucsd.edu/story/a-new-...

Stand Up for Science at UC Berkeley on Friday at 12! Speakers include Nobel laureate Jennifer Doudna, Albany Mayor Robin Lopez, Professor of Economics Edward Miguel, Director of the Lawrence Hall of Science Rena Dorph, and UCB Planetarium Director Bryan Méndez. www.standup4scienceberkeley.com

This #RareDiseaseDay, I'm grateful to the scientists who discovered a treatment for my rare disease. Just 12 years ago there was no FDA-approved treatment, and it would've been life-threatening for me. Federal funding is CRITICAL for science in the US, and it benefits us all. Please fight for it.

As a rare disease patient, I made great friends through patient support groups. We were so excited to meet at the annual FDA-NIH Rare Disease Day tomorrow. But it’s cancelled. udnf.org/udnf-stateme...

Once again, these include a host of individual and institutional training grants that broaden participation in biomedical research: IMSD, MARC, U-RISE, G-RISE, Bridges to Doctorates, MOSAIC, etc. This strategy is nefarious and in direct conflict with the recent injunction against Trump anti-DEI EOs

Several good things are happening according r/fednews so I am going to drop them here. If federal workers are fighting back, how much more us? A thread/

NEW: Trump actions on science may affect a generation as pauses + cuts in graduate admissions begin. “We had just flown them out, we told them we love you, we want to admit you, and then everything just stopped." "It's freezing everybody into inaction." www.statnews.com/2025/02/19/t...

Just saw an email sent to a student of mine from a REU canceling their program due to staffing & federal research funding uncertainties. A REU was when I internalized my science ID & applying to grad school. If this continues, it will devastate my students #1 pathway to STEM careers.

Yes. “People are doing things. You will meet them when YOU start doing things.” Lots of information and resources in this one. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

My calls of the day, but 5 Calls has so many other important topics you can call your reps about as well. Love their concise scripts, background info, and lists of phone numbers all in one place. 5calls.org/issue/nih-ns...

This thread is exactly the point - applies to NIH fellowships too. Talented trainees made career-altering decisions based on these mechanisms existing. They could have applied to something else. Canceling submitted or awarded applications is selectively punishing them

Indeed, if you make a new program aimed at minorities, incentivize them to apply with better pay and less teaching, and then discourage them from applying to other NSF fellowships, then cutting that program will absolutely take a bunch of minorities right out of academia 13/n

NEW: NIH telling scientists not to review diversity supplements that support students from marginalized backgrounds pursue Ph.Ds; unclear if/how they can reapply. "It is an ugly moment," Donna Ginther told me. New story with @aniloza.bsky.social www.statnews.com/2025/02/07/t...

When Scientific American endorsed Harris, many scientists and science-friendly people were supportive and grateful, but some said: stick to science, science isn’t political, etc. But reality-denying right-wing fanatics will absolutely come for the scientists www.washingtonpost.com/science/2025...

Hell yeah. Hold the line. This is what we need people to do. Slow things down, don’t comply in advance so the courts have time to stop them. It’s starting to work.

ATTENTION If you are someone who had an F31-Diversity (or similar) application submitted this cycle, please DM me here, contact me on signal (jeremymberg.78), or email me at [email protected]. I will keep all information confidential. 2/n

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

🚨PIs of Training Grants and Programs, ESPECIALLY training grants that support students from historically excluded groups (T32s and T34s, IMSD, MARC, PREP, MOSAIC, etc.)🚨 We need to push back on the loss of information and the disappearance of websites about these resources.

If you're a scientist that serves on an NSF panel that got cancelled today, I'd love to talk to you about it for an NPR story. DM, email or reach out on signal.

Mentors and advisors, a very impactful thing you can do right now is to assure your mentees from all backgrounds that you will continue to support them because their worth is not contingent on any program or funding mechanism 💕

If you’re a federal govt employee targeted for leave or termination on the basis of your DEI work, please file an EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity) complaint & retain legal counsel. I’m a former NIH PI. Happy to refer you to a law firm that has successfully sued the govt many times! Pls repost 🙏❤️

500 classrooms have signed up for Skype a Scientist 2025! @skypeascientist.bsky.social matches scientists with classrooms, scout troops, libraries, & other groups for Q&A sessions. It's FREE! We have an advertising budget of $0. So tell an educator in your life that we exist SkypeAScientist.com

Hi all. I cover the FDA for STAT. As the new admin begins, I want to encourage you all to reach out to me if you ever want to talk about anything FDA-related — especially if you work or used to work at the agency. My email is [email protected] and my Signal username is lizzylaw.53

If you’ve been directly impacted by a pause or cancellation of an NIH study session, we @forbes.com would like to talk to you

Scientists who work on government-funded DEI, equity, or health disparity work, I want to talk to you. How do you plan to continue your efforts in the face of this executive order calling for an end to DEI programs and initiatives? DM me or email gewin at me dot com.

Calling all institutional #sciencewriters! Don't forget to nominate yourself or colleagues for NASW's Excellence in Institutional Writing or Science In Society Awards by Feb. 1. @sciencewriters.org #SciWriAwards

Please help spread the word to #FirstGen college juniors & seniors. Paid #mentorship opp over 5 wks starting 1/8/2025! Applications due Dec 17th. Only three spots available! Gratitude for grant funding from @sciencewriters.org See sites.google.com/uri.edu/disc...

✨ A starter pack of science writers 🧪✍️, including medical writers 🩺, technical writers 🚀, and freelance writers👩🏻‍💻 #research #science #academia #SciComm #SciWri #SciSky #MedSky #AcademicSky #AcademicBlueSky #AcademicChatter #Academics #AcademicWriting #ScienceWriting #ScienceWriters #PhD #Freelancers

Institutional #sciencewriters! Please join me and @garywerner.bsky.social on Dec. 12 as we revive the @sciencewriters.org PIO committee with an end-of-the-year meet and greet. All are welcome! #sciencewriting #scicomm #getinvolved

So grateful for this wonderful piece about our work getting featured on the cover of MIT News! Why do most bounce right back from infection while others become debilitatingly ill? Why do infection associated chronic illnesses disproportionately impact women? www.technologyreview.com/2024/02/28/1...

Methinks this journal's acceptance policies need some tightening: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Now that a lot more neuroscientists are here at Bluesky...at The Transmitter we'd love to hear about your new work! Feel free to reach out to me (email in bio). I'm interested in neuroethology, the evolution of the nervous system, sensory systems and almost anything else brain-related.

Do you know about STATS check? A service from the American Statistical Association, a team of volunteer statisticians work with journalists to understand and correctly communicate statistics, on deadline. It's a hugely valuable resource for journalists. senseaboutscienceusa.org/stats-check/

Chan Zuckerberg Science Diversity Leadership Award Seeking Letters of Intent (LOI): LOI due by December 3, 2024 by 5 p.m. Pacific Time chanzuckerberg.com/rfa/science-...

I'm a freelance science writer working with the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at UC Berkeley, and would love to follow folks doing neuro at Berkeley so I can help promote your work! Also any UCB comms folks, and PIOs and science writers in general. Drop your info in the replies!